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Until recent weeks Mr. Biden’s campaign has barely contested Ohio, a state that has moved solidly toward Republicans in recent years. His campaign has been focusing what television advertising it has purchased in Ohio in markets that bleed into Michigan and Pennsylvania, battleground states that are more critical to his path to winning the Electoral College. But with polls showing a narrow race there, Democrats in the state have been urging the Biden team to be more competitive.

The former vice president’s polling lead is particularly significant in Nevada, where in 2016 nearly 70 percent of all votes were cast before Election Day. Nevada officials began mailing ballots to all registered voters on Sept. 24.

More than two million Ohioans — more than a quarter of the state’s registered voters — have requested absentee ballots, which officials were to begin mailing on Tuesday.

Christine Ponkowski, who owns a housecleaning business in Henderson, Nev., described Mr. Trump’s handling of his own coronavirus case as infuriating. Ms. Ponkowski, 56, won’t enter a room in a client’s home unless there are no other people present, to protect herself and her customers.

Ms. Ponkowski said she planned to cast her ballot for Mr. Biden on Thursday.

“It’s sad when anybody gets the virus,” she said. “I have family members who have gotten the virus. “My next thought is maybe this will wake him up. But it just empowered him and his minions who follow him.”

Like many Biden supporters, Ms. Ponkowski said she is planning to vote for the former vice president primarily to remove Mr. Trump from office. Asked why she plans to vote for Mr. Biden, she replied: “Because Bernie Sanders isn’t on the ticket.”

In both states, Mr. Biden is winning overwhelming support from voters who in 2016 cast ballots for third-party candidates or didn’t vote. In Ohio, 51 percent of third-party voters are backing Mr. Biden, compared with just 16 percent for Mr. Trump. In Nevada, Mr. Biden leads those voters 45 percent to 26 percent.